Scammers Riding the Gustav Wave

ruphus13 sends in a sad tale of online scammers hoping to reap rewards from the misery in Gustav's wake. They have been busy registering likely-sounding domains and setting up phishing attacks and other ruses. While not all the domains were malicious in intent, several of them were listed on eBay for sale. Donors beware. From the article: "Nearly 100 domains related to Hurricane Gustav have been registered in the past 48 hours, security experts said Sunday, some of which may be used by bogus charity and relief scams after the storm strikes the US Gulf Coast. According to television station KTAL in Shreveport, LA, the office of Louisiana's Attorney General Buddy Caldwell has warned residents of Gustav phishing attacks already in progress ... numerous domains containing the word 'gustav,' 'charity,' 'hurricane,' and 'relief' had been recently registered."

Comments

Now you're talking!

[bigtallmofo]

Why not mug elderly women on the streets too

Why not combine them? Mug elderly women who are victims of Hurricane Gustav! They're more likely to be carrying a larger percentage of their worldly possessions as they flee.

Re:Now you're talking!

[ZeroFactorial]

They're more likely to be carrying a larger percentage of their worldly possessions as they flee.

Sweet!! More polydent, depends, and preparation-H than I could ever have dreamed of owning!

Retirement, here I come!!!

Re:I really wish we could shoot them

[Anonymous Coward]

As a biologist, sometimes I get the feeling that ripping off money from idiots is as regular a process as a species filling a given ecological niche. It maximises the use of ressources (money) between a given idiot and the dumpster.

All the good names are taken

[sakdoctor]

Are you having problems finding good gustav scam domains? Try taking a page out of the web 2.0 book. Here are a few to get you started:

yougustav.com
mygustav.com
gustavr.com

Re:I really wish we could shoot them

[morgan_greywolf]

I know that's kind of a rhetorical question, but it's because it's very, very easy to detach yourself from the victim of your crime if you never even have to look them in the eye while you rob them.

Hence the reason you should always mug elderly women by putting a gun between their shoulder blades.

Re:One valid domain

[coleblak]

Never trusted the Red Cross. Red is always the sign of Danger. Green Cross, now that's a trustworthy organization.

Re:I really wish we could shoot them

[Sobrique]

It's not that hard to pretend those words on the screen are just that, and not really people at all.

In fact I'm doing that right now. I know you're all bots, and there's a really complicated rule system for how Karma is gained and lost, based upon keywords and context of a post. But I'll figure it out one day, and ALL my posts will be +5 Troll. Oh yes.

Re:I really wish we could shoot them

[Cro Magnon]

Who needs to look them in the eye(s)? Just bonk them on the head from behind. Just make sure you knock them out with the first blow, or they'll pulverize you with their walking stick.

Re:STOP

[houghi]

Indeed, people who think like that should be SHOT!

Re:I really wish we could shoot them

[Inner_Child]

You are flat wrong. This is the 21st century and anyone who doesn't know better than to fall for any online scam deserves what they get.

In fact, I would take it one further and say that its scam victims who deserve to be shot in the streets.

Feel free to line them up right next to any asshole who didn't evacuate when they were told to (Gustav or Katrina) and we can mow them all down with the same bullets so we don't waste anymore taxpayer/donated money on these idiots who forgot they live below sealevel.

Nobody has the right to be stupid.

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